Fred Katz

Like, I think I was obviously.

Yeah, I think I was in the minority.

I think I just had a huge knowledge gap.

Right, like famed NFL referee Ed Nockney.

That was a bad Ed Hockley pun.

So really the way it happened was because I was talking to him.

It was nice enough to sit down with me for a while about kind of the season that he's had and what stands out to me so much about him.

And what I wrote this story about is his adaptability, because to be honest, I, and I said this to his face, I kind of put Norm Powell in a box.

I kind of thought I knew what Norm Powell was.

I kind of thought he was an instant offense guy who was going to be a second, you know, second side option and second units, good score, that kind of stuff and a good player.

But last year he really surprised me with the way that the Clippers were using him, just running him around more screens than he had ever run around in his entire life and using him totally differently.

And,

You know, I said this around the end of last season where he played 60 games.

But if he had played 65 or if the 65 game rule didn't exist, I don't think it should for MIP.

Because if the whole point of the 65 game rule is not to legitimize awards, that's just a...

I guess unintended consequence of it.

The whole point of it is to encourage people not to load manage.

Right.

If I don't think anybody in the history of the NBA has ever been like, I could load manage, but I might not get MIP.

I could load manage, but what if I don't get clutch player of the year?